Actor's vintage 'Star Wars' shots revealed (pictures)

Make a wish, Old Ben!

"Star Wars" actor Peter Mayhew has been giving fans a treat in recent months by tweeting rare, behind-the-scenes photos taken during the production of "A New Hope," "Empire Strikes Back," and "Return of the Jedi," along with his own original captions. Scroll through our gallery for some of the shots he's tweeted most recently, including this glimpse of what it was like to work with the legendary Alec Guinness who played Old Ben Kenobi.

Luke looks a bit tired

"You never know how many people are just feet away when you see your favorite shot. It takes a village to make a movie," tweeted actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca not only in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, but in the prequel "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith." Mayhew is currently wrapping production on his own film "Standing in the Stars - The Peter Mayhew Story," about the intense series of surgeries he underwent to replace his knees and give him the potential to walk unassisted.

All hail, Gonk the Power Droid!

Among the photos shared by "Star Wars' actor Peter Mayhew recently are images of his co-stars. Here's "Mr. Jack Purvis relaxing on set" next to the Gonk Power Droid. Purvis played the Chief Jawa in "A New Hope."

"These photos aren't 'unseen,'" Mayhew tweeted of the photos he's been sharing. "They've been out there a long time in various forms. I just been collecting them for 30+ years. Still about 1,200 pics in the archive."

"What the heck is a parsec anyway?"

"Long nights of rehearsal were routine," Peter Mayhew wrote on his official Twitter account as TheWookieeRoars. Here, actors Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill study lines that only a space smuggler and Jedi could say.

Having fun in Hoth!

Actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, has been delighting fans recently by tweeting behind-the-scenes photos. "Filming was stopped several times due to someone and their impromptu snowball fights," he wrote of this shot.